Jennifer Araoz Sues Ghislaine Maxwell for Alleged 'Brutal Rape' by Epstein
The deceased sex offenders alleged madam and three employees are accused of turning a 14-year-old girl into his prey.
Barbie Latza Nadeau
Correspondent-At-Large
Updated 08.14.19 10:48AM ET / Published 08.14.19 8:17AM ET
One of Jeffrey Epsteins accusers sued his estate and girlfriend on Wednesday, alleging the sex offenders employees facilitated her brutal rape at age 14 inside his Manhattan mansion.
Jennifer Araozs lawsuit names Ghislaine Maxwell, Epsteins longtime girlfriend and alleged madam, as well as three unnamed staffers referred to as the Recruiter, the Secretary, and the Maid.
Araoz is the first to file a lawsuit against Epsteins estate after the financier died of apparent suicide on Saturday in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. The lawsuit filed in a New York court came hours after the states new Child Victim Act took effect, which extends the statue of limitations to file civil cases for alleged sexual abuse of minors. (NBC News was first to report the filing.)
Araoz, 32, alleges that Epstein sexually assaulted with increasing violence beginning in 2001.
She alleges that Maxwell and Epsteins employees were the facilitators of the abuse, from recruiting Araoz outside of her high school blocks away from Epsteins home to summoning her there when he wanted to abuse her.
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msongs
(67,433 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)The man was a monster. She deserves every cent she can get out of his estate. I'd do what she did if I had that misfortune.